FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1922, Page 1

FOOTBALL

TJio following will represent Excelsior seniors in their match with Dari Jlari at 3 p.m. on Saturday:—Wogan C>), Ross. Chetwynd, Morgan, Freitas, McDonald, Fraser (2), Best, Breeze. Williams, Aitkeh. Carley and Tibbies. Emergency: W. Sumner. Cars will leave Clement’s garage at 11 a.in. sharp. The above are requested to meet at McGregor's shed at 7 p.m. tonight for practice.

The following will represent Excelsior Juniors in their match at Han Hari on Saturday next: —Montague, Thompson, Harris. Preston. Shaw, Mnefarhiue. Pierson, Rutland, Gibbons, Baird, Ogg. Ait ken, Staines Mncfnrlane. Nightingale. Cars will leave Clement’s garage at 8.30 a.m. sharp.

The following wifi represent Pirates in their match with Kiwis on Saturday at 1.30 p.m.:—Rooney, Kidd, Haussmann, Duncan. Hagar, Head, Plahlert, Bates, Fleming. Winter Cain, Kenyon, Fairley, Freitas, Comport, Mills. All players must meet, at the Town Hall, Rimu to-night for practice.

The following will represent the Kiwi Juniors ill their match with Rimu at 1.30 p.m. Saturday at Hokitika—Haussinann, Andrews, Chadwick, Steele, Breeze (2), Rnine, Haim, Mail-head Kidd, White, Fleming, Jones L., Adamson, Duncan. Emergencies—Stevens and Olson.

MAORIS- DEFEAT N.S.W. 11. SIDNEY, July 12

Maoris defeated Now South Wales second rugby fifteen by 27 to 18, after an indifferent contest, wherein intermittent flashes of brilliancy were seen. The play was inclined to be feeble and ragged in the first ball', the blues frequently preferring to drop thlie ball like a hot potato when hustled by the All Blacks. The score at the interval was It to 6 in favour of the Maoris'. The second spell was more evenly f,audit, with the Maoris in ascendancy, though both sides were failing at critical moments. The Maoris scored seven tries, three of which were converted, and the home team scored sixtries.

ALL BLACK TEAM. DUNEDIN, July 12 Tn connection with the New Zealand Rugby team to tour Australia, Barrell advises his inability to make the trip. Bvrne (King Country) takes Ins place. Williams (Knikorni Club, Dunedin), lias been selected as an extra forward. The team assembles in Wellington on Tuesday. Tt plays Wairarnpa on Wednesday, and .leaves for Sydney by the riimaroa on Thursday.